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Tag: conflict
| UNRWA Syria crisis situation update (Issue 24)
| 21 December 2012
Yarmouk refugee camp is reportedly calm after days of intense fighting that led to the displacement of tens of thousands of Palestine refugees. Unconfirmed information by a small number of refugees that visited the camp today indicated the disappearance of armed opposition elements. |
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| UNRWA Syria crisis situation update (Issue 23)
| 19 December 2012
The conflict in Syria continues to escalate throughout the country, with 5,271 internally displaced persons (IDPs) currently sheltering in UNRWA facilities across the country as of 18 December—doubling the 2,631 persons reported doing so on 6 December. In the last 24 hours, clashes and shelling have been reported around Hama, Homs, and Aleppo, but the camps themselves remain relatively calm and UNRWA facilities operational. |
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| Yarmouk, Syria: Humanitarian needs rising as residents flee fighting, seek safety in UNRWA schools
| 17 December 2012
As the Syria conflict and its impact on civilians continue to escalate, UNRWA is exerting all efforts to respond to the humanitarian needs of Palestine refugees. |
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| Syria humanitarian response (Issue 22)
| 16 December 2012
Intensive clashes have reportedly encroached on Yarmouk, Damascus from surrounding areas, resulting in large numbers of refugees becoming displaced and attempting to flee the area. Numerous casualties have been reported and the Agency is currently assessing reported damage to one of its schools by shelling. |
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| Statement by UNRWA on today's events in Yarmouk camp, Syria
| 16 December 2012
Horrific images captured by news agencies, and reports of numerous casualties and the flight of Palestine refugees from Yarmouk camp are being followed up and assessed by UNRWA with extreme worry and grave concern. |
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| Remarks by UNRWA ComGen at closing of 30th-anniversary conference, Oxford Refugee Studies Centre
| 13 December 2012
It is an honour to be here with you today, and to address this audience on the occasion of the 30th-anniversary conference of the Refugee Studies Centre. This event is a welcome, encouraging reminder that refugees remain people to whom we owe support. |
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| Rasha’s dreams lost in rubble after recent conflict
| 12 December 2012
More than half of the population of Gaza is under the age of 18. For these 800,000 boys and girls, daily life is characterised by conflict, poverty, loss of hope, and little freedom of choice or movement. |
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| After violence, Gaza children struggle with trauma
| 11 December 2012
After the recent conflict, UNRWA staff in Gaza teamed up with local communities in an effort to clean up damaged schools and help children get back to normal life. But UNRWA’s school counsellors warn that the trauma of conflict is harder to erase. |
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| Human Rights Day 2012: Palestine refugees and human rights
| 10 December 2012
On Human Rights Day 2012, we draw attention to the Universal Declaration of Human rights signed on December 10th 1948 – and how it relates to Palestine refugees. |
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| UNRWA’s Commissioner-General visits Syria
| 10 December 2012
Commissioner-General Filippo Grandi today visited UNRWA operations in Syria, where some 3,700 staff continue to offer education, health and social safety-net services to over 500,000 Palestine refugees, while also responding to the humanitarian needs arising from the armed conflict in Syria. |
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